"sibyl" as in "multiple personalities"

James Wynn · 25 Sep 2002, 15:39 · from urth-v0209.mbox · original

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From: "James Wynn" <crushtv at HotPOP.com>
Subject: RE: (urth) "sibyl" as in "multiple personalities"
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 10:39:34 -0500
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>Mantis ponders:
>So is there a level of prosthetic inclusion where the items are purely
>prosthetic (human level), and then a level beyond that where the
>prosthetics begin to influence the individual (cyborg), up to a level where
>the prosthetics either take over the individual or cause it to disintegrate
>under the babble (robot)?
>
>Crush responds:
>Well consider that Silk ponders whether there is anything left of the real
>"Rose" amid all her prosthetics.
>As one might expect, I wonder if the process goes the other way. Can chems
>take on bio prosthetics and is there a point where the prosthetics
supercede
>the prevenient.

Matthew Weber taunts:
Wouldn't Jonas be a case of exactly that?

Crush goes for the bait:
Yep. He would, among others.





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